Advance Wars
Stimulating, fun, and just the right amount of time consumption.

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Picross DS and Sudoku Gridmaster.

Not the best of games, but doesn't tie you down, and doesn't make you feel bad turning the system off mid-game.
perfect for that "I don't know, maybe 20 seconds or half an hour." kind of wait. oh, and it doesn't take all my attention too, so I can still stay fully alert to my surroundings.

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It used to be Tetris for killing off short gaps of bored free time, but now solving a couple puzzles in Professor Layton usually does the trick, or if I'm not in a puzzling mood, and would rather blast things, Space Invaders Extreme is perfect, that Rez-esque soundsystem is awesome.

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Definitely Worms: Open Warfare 2 for me, or the occasional Tetris DS

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Recently I've been playing Picross or Shiren on my lunch breaks.

Since you can just put the DS to sleep when you need to stop for a while, virtually any game is pick up and play. But Shiren is one of the very few games that is playable in arbitrary increments without having to sleep or losing even a second of progress. Quite cool.

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Professor Laytons and Animal Crossing can always keep me amused from 1 minute, to a couple of hours! I cant find a copy of Tetris DS, now i feel empty =p

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One game I keep going back to is Sonic Rush or, more recently, Sonic Rush Adventure. Great for when I have a few minute. Just jump in, speed through a level, and tada. Done.

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Being a grown man, it's a little embarrassing to say so, but Pokemon Pearl keeps me busy when I'm bored.

However, going beyond that, I would say that I'm addicted to PkMn. I think it's a good thing though, since I started playing for one reason and one reason alone: To quit smoking. Every time I got an urge, instead of reaching for a cigarette, I turned on my DS and leveled my pokemon a bit more. Been smoke free for 15 days now, still going strong, still gotta catch em all.

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Electroplankton, EBA, and now Shiren. Actually, Shiren has taken over my life, and I've found a disturbing lack of entries here extolling its many virtues.

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Clubhouse Games, a quick card game when I'm bored is always fun.

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if i were you i whould make a topic about , what games DOSENT kill youre boredom .
anyhow heres a SMALL list .
kirby games
megaman zx and advent
megaman starforce
Phonix writh or apollo justice (even tho there mainley talking )
warioware touch
rocket slime
assasin creed
should i go on ?

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FFTA or Ouendan 2

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Layton, except I don't solve puzzles. Ooooh no. I open up the "music" bonus feature and try to pick out the various parts of the music.

"Oh! Accordion! And a violin! Is that a bassoon?"

I'm such a nerd. Hahahaha :(

I also like Pokeyman Trozei.

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